Bayelsa ready to join National Home Grown School Feeding Programme

Bayelsa ready to join National Home Grown School Feeding Programme

by Joseph Anthony
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Bayelsa state have announced that  they will be ready to participate in the feeding of primary 1-3 pupils in the state under the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme by the next school term. 

The  Commissioner for Education Mr. Gentle Emelah made this known on Tuesday,  during a high-level meeting with the Permanent Secretary of the State, the Ministry of Education,  state Focal Person and a team deployed by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to Bayelsa to conduct a second technical assessment visit to ensure that the state government buys into the School Feeding Programme.

Mr Emelah  said that the state is working towards fulfilling the requirements and joining  the feeding programme next term.

โ€œWe have been working on the modalities of accomplishing all requirements since your first visit and we hope  that by the beginning of the next school term,  the pupils will be onboarded  unto the programme. We understand the importance of the programme and advantages to the State and we are working hard to join the feeding programmeโ€.

Earlier, the Technical Assistant to the Hon Minister on the NHGSFP and Team Lead Zainab Abubakar, recalled that the first official visit in 2021 was to provide technical support and guidance to the State on the implementation requirements of the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme.

โ€œWe are here to carry out an  additional technical assessment of Bayelsa Stateโ€™s  readiness based on the observations and recommendations of the first assessment.  This second visit is to ascertain the compliance level of the state on the requirements. 

โ€œWe want to ensure the buy-in of the Bayelsa State Government for the onboarding unto the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme and to provide technical support and guide towards ensuring a successful commencement and implementation of the feeding programmeโ€.

Another meeting was also held with the first lady of Bayelsa State Dr. Mrs Gloria Diri who assured the Ministryโ€™s team of her commitment to ensuring that the State fulfills the conditions of the programme and  keys into the laudable program.

Other participants at the meeting include the State Focal Person National Social Investment Programmes  and Programme Manager NHGSFP as well as Gambo Lawal Gwaram and Ibiene Green

 Over 9 million children are currently benefiting from the programme. 

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